Southeastern United States Research Resources

Lending Libraries: 

These libraries have information on Southeastern Indians:

Alabama

Arkansas

Arkansas History Commission
One Capitol Mall  
Little Rock, AR  72201
(501)682-6900

Florida

Georgia

Louisiana

Governor's Commission on Indian Affairs
P.O. Box 44072
Baton Rouge, LA  70804-4072

Mississippi

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Tennessee State Library & Archives
403 7th Avenue North
Nashville, TN  37234-0312
(615) 741-2764

Texas

MICROFILM

NATIONAL ARCHIVES--Records of Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 75: Can be purchased or rented from National Archives Microfilm Rental Program, P.O. Box 30, Annapolis Junction, Maryland 20701-0030.  Check local library before ordering.

M-208  "Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee,1801-1835.  14 rolls.  No index. Roll 14 contains a list of tenants under Doublehead; another list appears "intruders on Shoal Creek."

M-4  "Letterbook of the Creek Trading House, 1795-1816."  1 roll.

M-271  "Letters Received by the Secretary of War Relating to Indian, 1800-1823." 4 rolls

M-15  "Letters sent by the Secretary of War Relating to Indian Affairs, 1800-1824." 6 rolls.

M-234  "Letters Received, 1824-1881." 962 rolls. Bold = most names

•  Cherokee Agency, 1824-80:

  • (Cherokee Agency, East)    Rolls 71-76

  • (Cherokee Agency, West)  Rolls 77-79

  • (Cherokee Agency) Rolls 80-112

  • (Cherokee Emigration) Rolls 113-116

  • (Cherokee Reserves) Rolls 117-118

• Chickasaw Agency, 1824-70: Rolls 135-142

  • (Chickasaw Agency Emigration) Rolls  143-144

  • (Chickasaw Agency Reserves) Rolls 145-148

• Choctaw Agency, 1824-76: Rolls 169-183

  • (Choctaw Agency, West) Roll 184

  • (Choctaw Agency Emigration) Rolls 185-187

  •  (Choctaw Agency Reserves) Rolls 188-196

• Creek Agency, 1824-76: Rolls 219-235

  • (Creek Agency, West) Roll 236

  • (Creek Agency Emigration) Rolls 237-240

  • (Creek Agency Reserves) Rolls 241-248

• Seminole Agency, 1824-76: Rolls 800-805

  • (Seminole Agency Emigration) Rolls 806-807

M-1059  "Selected Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs Relating to the Cherokees of North Carolina, 1851-1905," 7 rolls

M-1011  "Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports from Field Jurisdictions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1907-1938," 174 rolls.

• Choctaw (Mississippi) Roll 20

• Seminoles of Florida Roll 131

M-595 "Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940," 692 rolls

• Cherokee (North Carolina), 1896-99, 

• 1904, 1906, 1909-12, 1914  Rolls 23-26

• Choctaw (Mississippi), 1926-39  Rolls 41-42

• Seminole (Florida), 1913-40 Rolls 486-487

M-1186  "Enrollment Cards of the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914."   93 rolls

• Index to the final Rolls and Final Rolls -Roll 1

• Cherokee Rolls 2-38

• Choctaw Rolls 39-55

• Choctaw (Mississippi) Rolls 56-66

• Chickasaw Rolls 67-76

• Creek Rolls 77-91

• Seminole Rolls 92-93

T-985  - Old Settler Payment Roll, 1896

M-1301 - Applications for enrollment on the Final Roll Dawes Applications (Enrollment Packets), 1899-1907, 468 rolls:

• Choctaw Rolls 1-82

• MS Choctaws Rolls 82-171

• Cherokee Rolls 174-399

• Seminole Rolls 400-402

• Creek Rolls 402-434

• Chickasaw Rolls 434-468

M-1314 "Index to Letters Received by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1897-1913."   23 rolls

M-1104  "Eastern Cherokee applications of the U.S. Court of  Claims, 1906-1908."  348 rolls  (Note: Mobile and Birmingham Public Libraries have Rolls 1-12, General Index to Eastern Cherokee Applications.)

M-668  "Ratified Indian Treaties, 1722-1869."  16 rolls

T-494  "Documents Relating to the Negotiation of Ratified and Unratified Treaties with Various Indian Tribes, 1801-1869."  10 rolls

FORT WORTH FEDERAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS CENTER

Microfilm available from FWARC is identified by "7RA."

Five Civilized Tribes

7RA-70  Five Civilized Tribes - 1896 Index to applications under the act of June 10, 1896 (29 Stat. 321) and dockets. Rolls 1-2.

Cherokee

7RA-24   1907 Index to Rejected Applicants

7RA-06 - Mullay Roll, 1848 and Siler Roll, 1851

Choctaw

7RA-116  1830 Lists of people who remained in Mississippi. Rolls 1-2.

7RA-09    1855 Payment Roll.  Roll 1

7RA-147   1902-1907 Index to Dawes Rejected ("R") Cards. Roll 1

CREEK

7RA-23 - Old Settlers Roll, 1857, rolls 1-2.

7RA-44 - Dunn Roll of Citizens and Freedmen with indexes

7RA-43 - Census, roll 1

7RA-68 - Lists of applicants and docket books of the Creek Citizenship Commission, 1888-1896.

7RA-31  Loyal Creek payment roll, 1904. 1 roll

OTHER:

            The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions operated schools for the Indian children in the South prior to removal and afterward in the West.  Names of missionaries, Indian children and some relationships are given.  Microfilmed records can be obtained from:  Research Publications, Inc., 12 Lunar Drive/Drawer AB, Woodbridge, CT  06525; phone 1-800-444-0799; FAX (203) 397-3893. A list is enclosed, but microfilm is $100 per reel!  The only place that has it in the Southeast is Shorter College Library, 315 Shorter Avenue, Rome, GA  30165; (706) 291-2121.  They also have some BIA records.

Internet sites for Southeastern Indians

Rootsweb has several “lists” available by tribe, administered by individuals.  For example you can join this lists CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com hosted by Dusty who answers queries and does “look-ups” from numerous rolls by putting one word in body of message.  The archives of this site is a gold mine for genealogists.

 For another useful site try Judy White’s Native American Genealogy at http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native for rolls, newsletters, lookups, articles, etc.

Muscogee Creek Nation Home Page

Creek Heritage

A Creek Indian Bibliography

Creek Indian history as it relates to the Southeast

Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama

Cherokee Indians

Cherokee Nation

So your grandmother was a Cherokee princess?

Official Web Page of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, Inc.

The Chickasaw and their Cessions

A Walk through time

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Alibamu Koasati - SMU Anthropology

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SEARCH FOR YOUR AMERICAN INDIAN ANCESTORS

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